Committee on Aging

Thursday, October 23, 2025 · 1:00 PM AM · 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 3

TL;DR

The Committee on Aging held hearings on supporting older veterans in New York City and discussed two resolutions aimed at helping seniors with housing costs and healthcare access. The committee took action on these items, though two resolutions were postponed for further consideration rather than voted on immediately.

Key Decisions

  • Oversight on Supporting NYC's Older Veterans Filed
  • Resolution to Expand Medicare for Long-Term Care Services Laid Over (postponed)
  • Resolution to Freeze SCRIE/DRIE Rent Levels Laid Over (postponed)
Agenda PDF Minutes PDF

Agenda

  1. T2025-4116 Oversight - Supporting New York City’s Older Veterans.
    Oversight
    Action: Hearing Held by Committee

    This Oversight was Hearing Held by Committee

  2. Res 0850-2025 Resolution calling on the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, legislation that would expand Medicare to include long-term services and supports for seniors and individuals with disabilities
    Resolution
    Action: Hearing Held by Committee

    This Resolution was Hearing Held by Committee

  3. Res 0985-2025 Resolution calling on the New York State Assembly to pass, A.7851, and the Governor to sign, S.2534/A.7851, which retroactively freezes the rent at which a SCRIE or DRIE enrollee pays at the level it was when they first became eligible, or at the level it was two years before they entered the program, given that entrance into the program occurred more than two years after they first became eligible.
    Resolution
    Action: Hearing Held by Committee

    This Resolution was Hearing Held by Committee

  4. Jointly with the Committee on Veterans
  5. Untitled item
  6. T2025-4116 Oversight - Supporting New York City’s Older Veterans.
    Oversight
    Action: Filed, by Committee

    This Oversight was Filed, by Committee

  7. Res 0850-2025 Resolution calling on the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, legislation that would expand Medicare to include long-term services and supports for seniors and individuals with disabilities
    Resolution
    Action: Laid Over by Committee

    This Resolution was Laid Over by Committee

  8. Res 0985-2025 Resolution calling on the New York State Assembly to pass, A.7851, and the Governor to sign, S.2534/A.7851, which retroactively freezes the rent at which a SCRIE or DRIE enrollee pays at the level it was when they first became eligible, or at the level it was two years before they entered the program, given that entrance into the program occurred more than two years after they first became eligible.
    Resolution
    Action: Laid Over by Committee

    This Resolution was Laid Over by Committee

  9. Roll Call